Tattered Essence

I just recently wrote about Thomas Nelson looking for their own reviewers. As a small publisher you can do the same. All you have to do is offer up your book for people to review. Of course, there is no way to guarantee a review. Much less a good review. But it is definitely a way to get your name out there. In fact, I would suggest looking for bloggers to review your books for you! Then get a good relationship going with them.

As a self-publisher, your website is one of your most valuable resources. And in that respect you need to know how to use it. You need to know how to get people to your site. You need to make sure you are getting the right people there. And most importantly, you have to spur them to action. A great resource on this very thing is up at the SPAN page. It is actually a free article that anyone can read – Web Traffic Strategies for Book Promoters by Shel Horowitz 

Did you self-publish a book or some books?

Do you still have copies cluttering up your home?

If so then it sounds like you need to sell them to someone that buys remainders. Remainders will buy your leftover stock at low low prices. You will not get a lot from them but it is better than nothing.

The PMA has a remainders program. You can check it out at their website.

If you have self-published here in the States that is great!

Up next is to sell your foreign rights. Selling foreign rights is a great way to make some extra cash on your book. And you will likely discover a new market for your book. And you may even bring new life into your book.

To get started selling the foreign rights to you book I have two links you can check out.

• PMA Rights Service
• Frankfurt Book Fair Rights

I have bad news for you if you were planning on attending John Kremer’s Ten Million Eyeballs Event in Houston. It has been canceled. It seems that there was some hurricane-related damage done to the hotel where it was scheduled to take place. So, it has been canceled. But there might be an online event in it’s place soon. Check your email for a message from John Kremer if you were signed up for it.